Wednesday's city council meeting agenda shows the council will address more ceremonial items than discussion items.

The one consent calendar item of note is a request that the council pass a resolution approving the City's Successor Agency Recognized Obligation Payment schedule (ROPS) for the period between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2012.

According to the staff report, the document "reflects the obligations of the Successor Agency for the period of July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and has been prepared per the Stateof California Department of Finance regulations."

The ROPS report itself notes that of the Successor Agency's total $72.2 million outstanding debt or obligations, $8.9 million is due for FY 2013-14.

The staff report, to be presented by Economic Development Manager Gary Parsons, notes the major additions to the payment request are "are a $1.182 million payment to the Sierra Sands School District, the Funding of a Property Management Plan to facilitate the sale of the Agency property assets of $21,500 and the addition of $50,000 dollars for anticipated legal costs."

The $1.182 million payment to SSUSD popped up during a discussion during a December RDA Successor Agency's Oversight Board, in which board member Gary Rice indicated he would like to see it on the next ROPS.

It is a case in which the Kern County Auditor-Controller's office continued flowing funds into an RDA account as a means of paying back a loan floated to the school district for a construction project at Gateway Elementary School.

As a way to pay back the loan, the district opted to divert a percentage of its tax revenue over a number of years. Due to an accounting oversight, the county auditor-controller continued diverting money to the account.

The council will be asked to review the report before sending it up to the Oversight Board for final approval and kicking it over to California's Department of Finance.

Appointments and ordinances changes

Council will also need to fill three vacancies in its remaining boards and commissions. A vacancy remains in the Personnel Commission, Handicap Access Appeals Board, and Construction Appeals Board.

During the Jan. 23 special council meeting, Vice Mayor Chip Holloway appointed former police chief and city manager Michael Avery to Construction Appeals, while Councilman Jim Sanders appointed Ryan Hunter to Handicap Access Appeals.

Mayor Dan Clark appointed former mayor Ron Carter to the personnel commission on Feb. 6.

An amendment updating the city municipal code is expected to pass through without much debate. The changes clean up the municipal code's language by replacing "City Administrator" with "City Manager" and deleting the section pertaining to the city's now defunct RDA.

The only major change is to the section governing the personnel commission. Under the revisions, all personnel decisions made by the commission are final, instead of only making recommendations to the council.

Page 2 of 2 - Ceremonial items include presenting City Engineer Loren Culp with the city's employee of the month award and a proclamation declaring May as "Motorcycle Awareness Month."

The council's regular session meeting begins at 6 p.m. at City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 20.